Inside Asian Gaming
IAG MAR 2020年3月 亞博匯 27 封面故事 AWS: Have you considered a property in Clark? EKR: Maybe once we’re done with all our capital expenditure here. Once we are done with Quezon City we’ll probably have the time to look at something else. AWS: And that would be Clark? EKR: It may not be. Whichever we feel is the place to be. I’m not ruling anything out. AWS: Does Bloomberry actively get involved with government in regards to infrastructure? EKR: Absolutely. We’ve been pushing for infrastructure like the airports. We’re very active in that, it’s just that these things take a long time to do and they’ve been neglected for so long that the government has a lot of work on its hands. AWS: Is there an organization comprising all the Entertainment City properties to actively promote the area as a whole? EKR: We have an association, but that pays more attention to security, to traffic, to beautification and also dealing with the regulator. That’s been going on from day one. AWS: What’s the current status of Solaire North? What can we expect from it, and why Quezon City? EKR: Well, it’s the biggest population area in Metro Manila and it’s quite difficult to get from the north to the southwest here, given the traffic and so on. So we think there’s a huge market over there. It will serve all the way to Bulacan, Clark, that area, which would be quite accessible. AWS: The Quezon City mayor came out last year and said that she wants to impose an entry fee. What are your thoughts on that? EKR: I think that’s more or less in the past. And she wanted to do that for residents of Quezon City. I think that’s an issue for the regulator. It’s not our issue. 克,如果你在此地,你就是只在此地。但如果能夠讓人們通過更好 的基礎設施進行更多的自由流通,我認為每個人都將受益。如果 有了適當的公路和鐵路,克拉克其實並不那麼遙遠。看看其他的 城市,譬如有著像樣的高速公路的希思路機場。我是指,總不能在 騎士橋那樣的市區或是類似馬尼拉那樣的地方降落,那都是在城 市的裏面了。它其實並不靠近城市,但卻又在城市裏面。 卓弈:《亞博匯》最近在克拉克待了一個禮拜,親眼目睹了那裏的 娛樂場在擴建方面的進展情況。克拉克會是馬尼拉娛樂城的威脅 嗎? EKR: 我不這麼認為。還是馬尼拉大都會的人口密度高。 卓弈:所以當一條通往克拉克的高速公路被建出來後,人們過去 那裏會變得更容易。您覺得這會影響到您的業績嗎? EKR: 大家以前還曾覺得新濠天地的開業會影響我們的業績呢, 但事實上它卻擴大了市場。人們也曾說岡田馬尼拉開業的時候會 影響業績,但後者也是促進了市場的擴張。每年,每當有新的物業 開業時,我們的收入都會有增長。新的度假村會擴大市場。這似乎 就是這個行業的運作方式。 卓弈:所以您是像澳門或拉斯維加斯那種集群效應的信奉者嗎? EKR: 如果我以前不是的話,現在也是了。 卓弈:您是否考慮過在克拉克也打造一間度假村? EKR: 可能要等到我們完成在這邊的資本支出。在完成了奎松市 的項目之後,我們可能會有時間看看其他方面。 卓弈:那有可能是在克拉克嗎? EKR: 不一定。可能會是屆時我們感覺對的任何地方。我們不排除 任何的可能性。 卓弈:Bloomberry是否有一直在積極參與政府的基礎設施建 設? EKR: 當然。我們一直在推動機場等基礎設施建設。我們在這方面 非常活躍,只是這些事情需要很長時間才能完成,而且它們被忽 視了很長時間,以致政府目前手頭上有很多工作要處理。 卓弈:這裏是否有一個包括娛樂城所有物業在內的組織,來積極 地推動整個地區的發展? EKR: 我們有一個協會,但是其更為注重安全、交通、美化以及與 監管機構打交道。從第一天開始即是如此。 卓弈:Solaire North項目現在進展如何?我們可以期待它些甚 麼?以及為甚麼選址在奎松市? EKR: 嗯,因為它是馬尼拉大都會區人口最多的地區,綜合考慮交
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